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About REDLINE

Redline Operations Group is a consulting firm built by people who ran the operations they now advise. We work inside your operation, not around it, across procurement, operations, maintenance, and industrial safety.

Most operations don't fail all at once. They drift past the redline: inventory out of balance, processes without controls, maintenance reactive instead of planned, safety risks hiding in plain sight.

How We Work

Practitioners,
Not Presenters

Our practice is deliberately small and deliberately senior. Every engagement is led by someone who has personally owned the function they are improving, in the kind of plant you operate.

01

Senior People Only

No junior consultants and no learning curves on your dime. The person diagnosing your operation is the person who has done the job, with 20 to 34 years in the field behind them.

02

Inside the Operation

We work on the floor, in the data, and with your team. Findings come with the controls, tools, and documentation needed to hold the gain after we leave.

03

Measured in Dollars

Engagements are judged on documented savings, avoided cost, and risk removed. Our practitioners have delivered more than $2.5M in documented savings and cost avoidance.

The Team

Senior Practitioners.
One Firm.

Every Redline engagement is led by a senior practitioner with direct, hands-on experience in your industry. No junior consultants. No learning curves on your dime.

Melissa Turner
Melissa Turner
C.P.M.  ·  CSCP  ·  MBA Candidate
Supply Chain & Procurement, Founding Consultant

20+ years of hands-on experience inside manufacturing and distribution, including CPG and meat processing. Most recently sole procurement executive at a CPG meat manufacturer: $37M in annual spend, 400+ SKUs, $690K in realized cost savings and $200K+ in cost avoidance in a single fiscal year. Builds procurement infrastructure, fixes inventory imbalances, and delivers measurable cost results independently and at pace.

Inventory Balancing Strategic Sourcing Cost Savings SAP · Aptean/Ross Fractional Procurement
Derek Bizzell
Derek Bizzell
BBS  ·  Six Sigma YB  ·  OSHA 30
EHS & Operations, Senior Consultant

20+ years spanning manufacturing, distribution, and global industrial environments. As Global EHS Manager at Universal Leaf Corporation, led 15 regional safety managers and served as Corporate Representative for ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 across multiple international sites. Has applied Lean Six Sigma in live manufacturing environments, reducing scrap 43%, rework 78%, and increasing production efficiency 52%. U.S. Air Force veteran; active mentor for veterans transitioning to civilian careers.

EHS Program Design ISO 14001 · 45001 OSHA Compliance Lean · Six Sigma Safety Culture
Gary Clear
Gary Clear
CNC Machining  ·  Tooling Design  ·  Lean Mfg
Operations & Machining, Senior Consultant

34 years of hands-on production experience across beverage container manufacturing, aerospace, and government defense programs, including 17 years in the space sector with security clearance. Brings rare shop-floor mastery: CNC programming, precision manual machining, and custom tooling design from a fully equipped machine shop. Identifies operational bottlenecks and builds the physical solutions himself, an increasingly rare capability no generalist consultant can match.

CNC Programming Custom Fabrication Process Redesign Tooling Design Root Cause Analysis
Field Operations & Heavy Equipment

Beyond the plant floor, Redline supports contractors and industrial operators through a dedicated field operations practice.

Shawn McNew
Shawn McNew
OSHA  ·  MSHA  ·  Fleet Diagnostics
Heavy Equipment & Field Operations, Senior Consultant

Nearly two decades diagnosing, repairing, and supervising complex equipment systems in demanding industrial environments. Currently Field Service Supervisor at Carter Machinery, managing 18 technicians across active customer sites while enforcing OSHA, MSHA, and customer-specific safety standards. Builds the preventative maintenance programs, inspection routines, and accountability structures that keep fleets running and crews safe.

Preventative Maintenance Fleet Diagnostics Field Supervision OSHA · MSHA Equipment Reliability

In every operation there is a redline: the threshold between controlled performance and breakdown. We find it. We control it. We keep you on the right side of it.

In procurement, operations, maintenance, and safety, there is always a redline. Redline Operations Group exists to find it in yours.

Get Started

Let's See If
There's a Fit

No hard sell. A straightforward 20-minute conversation about your operation and whether Redline can help.